A Kenyan student died by suicide in Finland on April 18 after being frustrated and depressed from hardships in the country. The student had been studying for a degree in nursing at Laurea University, and took his own life at the age of 26, struggling with frustration and depression in a foreign nation after leaving Kenya on October 30, 2022. Reports suggest that the student had been facing physical health issues since last October and had been bogged down by the difficulties he faced in Finland.
Rodgers Kipruto was one of the medical students who secured a scholarship through the Uasin Gishu Overseas Program to study in the Northern European nation.
After Tampere university threatened to send home 111 students for defaulting on fee payment, Laurea and Jvaskyla universities have given 91 students up to the end of March to settle their fees or be kicked out of the country
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